AL.com readers have heard this Southern rock anthem in many far-flung spots, from an ambulance in Paris to a nightclub in Australia.
Facebook pages. As a bonus, we’ve featured some video renditions of “ Sweet Home Alabama ” throughout this story, from Skynyrd, a mariachi band, a boys choir and other musicians.
From left, Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington during a January 1975 concert at the Academy of Music in New York City. The band would play at Rickwood Field in Birmingham a few months later, in the middle of a concert trek nicknamed the "Torture Tour."“When I was being transported to a hospital in Paris via ambulance a couple of years ago, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ was playing on the radio.
“Grand Turk Island, played by a live band during a pirate festival. They were dressed … as pirates.” —“When I worked at the Whole Foods in Alabama, every day at 3 o’clock the store would play Sweet Home Alabama’ to remind us to go out onto the floor to reset and organize the displays.
“Walking out of a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel. I had no more gotten out of the hotel revolving door, when coming down the street behind me, I hear ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ in a strong accent. I walked and listen for a bit, but had to turn around. It was two Swedish UN soldiers. I asked how they knew ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and they said everyone knows ‘Sweet Home Alabama.
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